[geranim0]

I receive complaints all the time by my ISP for torrenting... they do nothing except frightening older people

[schroeding]

Not universally true though, and in some countries (like e.g. Germany) it's a really bad idea to torrent without a seedbox or vpn in another country.

[ssl232]

What's different about Germany when it comes to piracy? And what about using a PeerGuardian blacklist to block known trackers?

[autoexec]

If you're in the US I advise caution as ISPs are going to be increasingly aggressive about shutting off accounts. The media industry has demanded that repeated, unproven, accusations alone should be enough to force your ISP to close your account and never allowing you to open a new one. ISPs don't want to do that, but courts so far have been agreeing with the media industry on that. ISPs who don't do it, risk literal billions in fines.

IF you don't have multiple ISP options each offering reliable high speed connections in your area, you should be especially careful or you could find yourself with very limited access to the internet or even no internet access at all.

[hombre_fatal]

13 years ago, last I used them, Comcast would send an email with a list of the titles of the torrents it thought you downloaded.

Good enough to scare ~everyone by itself, though iirc they did threaten to halt your service, something I never decided to test out.

[gabereiser]

I tested it, it's legit, they will terminate your service.